Homemade Soda Crackers Recipe

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Homemade Soda Crackers
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Ingredients
10
Count
Nutrition
166
Calories
Total time
40
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 cups pastry flour
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 6 tbsp water
  • 2 tbsp butter

Directions:

  1. Whisk together the flour, yeast, salt, baking soda, cream of tartar and sugar. Set aside.
  2. Put the water, butter, and oil in a microwave-safe cup, or in a saucepan. Heat gently just to melt the butter. Remove from the heat, and cool to 120°F-130°F If you don't have a thermometer, this will feel hotter than lukewarm, but not at all uncomfortably hot; it'll be cooler than your hottest tap water.
  3. Add the liquid ingredients to the dry ingredients. Beat at medium, then high speed for a total of about 90 seconds, to make a soft dough. (*I had to add more water in order to get the dough to come together. I probably added 2-3 tablespoons more, 1 tablespoons at a time). The dough should be soft, moist but not sticky and not crumbly or tough.
  4. Place the dough in a lightly greased bowl, cover it, and refrigerate overnight, or for up to 18 hours. It won't rise much; the bowl can be small. (Flavour increases with the length of the refrigerator rest).
  5. Remove the dough from the refrigerator, and allow it to rest for about 15 minutes. Preheat the oven to 425°F.
  6. Lightly flour a work surface (a silicone rolling mat works well here), and remove the dough from its rising bowl. It won't feel like normal yeast dough; it'll be more clay-like. Shape the dough into a 3 x 5 rectangular block. Pre-shaping it like this will help you roll it out evenly. Roll it into a rough 13 x 15 rectangle. It will be quite thin. Be sure to keep the rolling surface well-floured, to avoid sticking.
  7. Starting with a shorter side, fold the dough in three like a business letter.
  8. Roll it out again, this time to an 11 x 19 rectangle, or thereabouts. The dough will shrink when you stop rolling it; your goal is to end up with a rectangle that's about 10 x 18 .
  9. Sprinkle the dough with your choice of salt (fairly liberally) and herbs, if using and gently press it in with the rolling pin.
  10. Using a rolling pizza wheel (easiest) or a baker's bench knife, cut the dough into 2 squares. Note: If you're using a silicone mat, cut very carefully - you don't want to damage the mat.
  11. Transfer the crackers to two lightly greased or parchment-lined baking sheets; you can put them fairly close together, as they'll shrink as they bake, rather than spread. Prick each cracker once or twice with the tines of a fork.
  12. Bake the crackers for about 10 minutes, till they're a very light golden brown. Watch them carefully towards the end of the baking time; they can darken very quickly. (I got nervous of over-cooking them so turned off the oven a little early. They probably could have cooked another minute).
  13. Turn off the oven, and open the door completely. Leave the crackers on the oven rack; they're going to cool down right in the cooling oven, in order to preserve their crispness. Keep your eye on them for the first couple of minutes; if for some reason your oven isn't cooling off quickly, and the crackers are continuing to brown, pull the rack out partway.
  14. When the crackers are completely cool (takes about an hour to an hour and a half), remove them from the oven, and wrap airtight, to preserve their crispness.
  15. Yield: about 45 crackers.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 166.35 Kcal (696 kJ)
Calories from fat 80.57 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 8.95g 14%
Cholesterol 7.63mg 3%
Sodium 161.09mg 7%
Potassium 86.88mg 2%
Total Carbs 20.63g 7%
Sugars 8.77g 35%
Dietary Fiber 0.55g 2%
Protein 1.28g 3%
Iron 0.1mg 0%
Calcium 11.9mg 1%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 257.31 Kcal (1077 kJ)
Calories from fat 124.63 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 13.85g 14%
Cholesterol 11.81mg 3%
Sodium 249.17mg 7%
Potassium 134.39mg 2%
Total Carbs 31.92g 7%
Sugars 13.56g 35%
Dietary Fiber 0.85g 2%
Protein 1.98g 3%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 1%
Iron 0.1mg 0%
Calcium 18.4mg 1%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 4
    Points
  • 5
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low cholesterol

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